Ireland Baldwin reveals she suffers from Cardiophobia - the fear of having a heart attack

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Ireland Baldwin reveals she suffers from Cardiophobia - the fear of having a heart attack - which has sent her to the hospital several times.The daughter of Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin made the reveal when on Red Table Talkon Facebook Watch with Jada Pinkett Smith and her daughter Willow Smith.'I have a fear of my own heartbeat,' the model said. 'When it starts getting really fast, even when I'm slightly nervous or if I exercise or anything, I start panicking to the point where I’m convinced, not matter what anyone says, that I’m going to have a heart attack and I have to go to a hospital.' So much stress:Ireland Baldwin revealed she suffers from cardiophobia - the fear of having a heart attack - which has sent her to the hospital several times Anxiety hurts:The daughter of Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin made the reveal when on Red Table Talk on Facebook with Willow SmithShe told Willow Smith, 'I’ve had maybe over 20 hospital visits in my life.'According to PubMed, cardiophobia is defined as an anxiety disorder of persons characterized by repeated complaints of chest pain and heart palpitations.

Also in her wide-ranging interview, Ireland said that she believes she would have been 'dead for sure' had her cousin Alaia Baldwin not stepped in during her darkest hours.She also discussed her relationship with her father Alec Baldwin and admitted he was not the ideal person to turn to when it came to her anxiety. 'She saved my life': Baldwin believes she would have been 'dead for sure' had her cousin Alaia Baldwin not stepped in during her darkest hours What Is Cardiophobia?

Cardiophobia is defined as an anxiety disorder of persons characterized by repeated complaints of chest pain, heart palpitations, and other somatic.